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17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
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He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-18)David here, upon the foregoing representation of the inhumanity and impiety of the oppressors, grounds an address to God, wherein observe, I. What he prays for. 1. That God would himself appear (Ps. 10:12): “ Arise, O Lord! O God! lift up thy hand , manifest thy presence and providence in the affairs of this lower world. Arise, O Lord ! to the confusion of those who say that thou hidest thy face.…
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